Earthquake Rocks Montenegro: Eyewitnesses Describe Frightening Scenes
Montenegro was jolted awake by a powerful earthquake in the early hours of this morning, sending shockwaves across the region
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A new strong aftershock with a magnitude of 7.1 on the Richter scale has jolted Japan a month after the devastating 9.0-earthquake of March 11, 2011.
The earthquake occurred at 5:16 pm local time in eastern Japan.
According to Japan's nuclear safety agency there has been no irregular activity in Fukushima Daiichi and Fukushima Daini; all systems are functioning in the Tokai and Onagawa NPPs, Japan's state NHK TV reported.
Japan's meteorological agency has issued a warning of a tsunami as high as 1 meter for the coast of Ibaraki prefecture. A 50-cm tsunami is believed to have arrived at Fukushima.
Monday's aftershock is the second strongest in Japan after Friday's earthquake of 7.4-magnitude.
More than 13 000 people were killed in Japan in the March 11 earthquake and the ensuing tsumani, and 14 000 are still believed missing.
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